Justice & Human Rights
This program is a good fit if you study:
- Government
- Human Rights
- International Relations
- Legal Studies
- Political Science
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Global North states have all undertaken to provide asylum and related human rights protections to people forcibly displaced from their homes in the Global South, however these legal obligations are normally only triggered when people seeking asylum reach the borders of these states...
Study Tours: Sicily, Southern Sweden, Greece, Denmark
Disciplines: Critical Race and Ethnic Studies, Human Rights, International Relations, Legal Studies, Political Science
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Humanitarian Law and Armed Conflict
The armed conflicts in Ukraine and, more recently, the fighting in Gaza serve as real-world examples that set in motion the long-lasting debate on the constraints of international law to promote humanity and to restrain brutality on the battlefield when states and non-state actors are fighting existential struggles.
Study Tours: Geneva (Fall), Denmark, Belgrade (Spring)
Disciplines: Government, Human Rights, International Relations, Legal Studies, Political Science
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